Where does “fișpan” come from?

fișpan (Romanian) comes from Hungarian főispán, from Hungarian ispán, from Proto-Slavic županъ, from Proto-Slavic župa, from Proto-Indo-European gewp- — to cover.

fișpan (Romanian): county leader

Definitions

  1. county leader

Ancestry of “fișpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfőispáncount
2Hungarianispáncount
3Proto-Slavicžupanъ—
4Proto-Slavicžupacavity, hole
5Proto-Indo-Europeangewp-to cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewp- →Every word from Proto-Slavic župa →Every word from Proto-Slavic županъ →